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Take a tour of the world's most fascinating landmarks! The Gateway Arch, Big Ben, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Sydney Opera House are just a few of the landmarks that students will learn about in this high-interest book. This nonfiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, engaging sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning arithmetic concepts relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and...

Pocos escritores han tenido una vida tan paradójica como H.P. Lovecraft, el excéntrico y solitario «escritor de espantos» de Providence, considerado por todos como el gran maestro del horror sobrenatural. Sin embargo, Lovecraft murió en el más completo anonimato, sin haber visto editado en vida un volumen de sus narraciones. Fue un misántropo incurable, y sin embargo era apreciado por todos los que le conocieron y se vio rodeado por un círculo de fieles admiradores que lucharon denodadamente para rescatar su obra del olvido. Fue un gran materialista científico enfangado en...

Who were the earliest Americans? When, how, and from where did they enter and spread across the continent? And what is their relationship to modern Native Americans? Anthropologists develop theories to answer these questions based on the evidence they discover. Their theories—and the discoveries that prove and disprove them—are highlighted in this fascinating volume, full of awe-inspiring facts and incredible breakthroughs. Readers will feel like anthropologists and archaeologists themselves as they read about bones and artifacts, and what they reveal about the ancient cultures that roamed...